Whenever I am nervous or anxious I bite my nails without even knowing I am doing this. I can no longer afford to get acrylic nails and would LOVE to have beautiful nails at a decent length, but I have been a nail-biter for my whole life and doubt I can stop the horrible habbit.
Is there anything (cheap/affordable) that I can do to stop?
Is there something I can make to rub on my fingers that will stop me from biting?
To be honest, I think if I put anything on there that tasted gross I’d just wash it off and bite them again.
I really am not sure of what I can do.
Thanks ladies.
I stopped biting about 3 years ago after 30 years of biting. You need to have an incentive to do it and for me it was my sister becoming a nail blogger and me developing nail envy and wanting to wear polish too.
What I did was whenever I found my fingers in my mouth I just took them out and distracted myself with something else. You just have to be persistent and consistent in it, no “just a little bit” or “just one nail”. Then when they get a bit of length carry a file with you everywhere. I mean it. Cos when you have a rough bit you will try and justify nibbling at it to fix it and then you’re right back where you started.
So this is the zero cost way to stop biting your nails. But beware, instead of a nail biting habit I now have a nail polish habit and have accumulated 325 bottles in 3 years. Oops!